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Proverbs 1

NCV 1
These are the wise words of Solomon son of David, king of Israel.
NIV 1
The proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel:
NCV 2
They teach wisdom and self-control; they will help you understand wise words.
NIV 2
for attaining wisdom and discipline; for understanding words of insight;
NCV 3
They will teach you how to be wise and self-controlled and will teach you to do what is honest and fair and right.
NIV 3
for acquiring a disciplined and prudent life, doing what is right and just and fair;
NCV 4
They make the uneducated smarter and give knowledge and sense to the young.
NIV 4
for giving prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the young--
NCV 5
Wise people can also listen and learn; even smart people can find good advice in these words.
NIV 5
let the wise listen and add to their learning, and let the discerning get guidance--
NCV 6
Then anyone can understand wise words and stories, the words of the wise and their riddles.
NIV 6
for understanding proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of the wise.
NCV 7
Knowledge begins with respect for the Lord, but fools hate wisdom and self-control.
NIV 7
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
NCV 8
My child, listen to your father's teaching and do not forget your mother's advice.
NIV 8
Listen, my son, to your father's instruction and do not forsake your mother's teaching.
NCV 9
Their teaching will be like flowers in your hair or a necklace around your neck.
NIV 9
They will be a garland to grace your head and a chain to adorn your neck.
NCV 10
My child, if sinners try to lead you into sin, do not follow them.
NIV 10
My son, if sinners entice you, do not give in to them.
NCV 11
They will say, "Come with us. Let's ambush and kill someone; let's attack some innocent people just for fun.
NIV 11
If they say, "Come along with us; let's lie in wait for someone's blood, let's waylay some harmless soul;
NCV 12
Let's swallow them alive, as death does; let's swallow them whole, as the grave does.
NIV 12
let's swallow them alive, like the grave, and whole, like those who go down to the pit;
NCV 13
We will take all kinds of valuable things and fill our houses with stolen goods.
NIV 13
we will get all sorts of valuable things and fill our houses with plunder;
NCV 14
Come join us, and we will share with you stolen goods."
NIV 14
throw in your lot with us, and we will share a common purse"--
NCV 15
My child, do not go along with them; do not do what they do.
NIV 15
my son, do not go along with them, do not set foot on their paths;
NCV 16
They are eager to do evil and are quick to kill.
NIV 16
for their feet rush into sin, they are swift to shed blood.
NCV 17
It is useless to spread out a net right where the birds can see it.
NIV 17
How useless to spread a net in full view of all the birds!
NCV 18
But sinners will fall into their own traps; they will only catch themselves!
NIV 18
These men lie in wait for their own blood; they waylay only themselves!
NCV 19
All greedy people end up this way; greed kills selfish people.
NIV 19
Such is the end of all who go after ill-gotten gain; it takes away the lives of those who get it.
NCV 20
Wisdom is like a woman shouting in the street; she raises her voice in the city squares.
NIV 20
Wisdom calls aloud in the street, she raises her voice in the public squares;
NCV 21
She cries out in the noisy street and shouts at the city gates:
NIV 21
at the head of the noisy streets she cries out, in the gateways of the city she makes her speech:
NCV 22
"You fools, how long will you be foolish? How long will you make fun of wisdom and hate knowledge?
NIV 22
"How long will you simple ones love your simple ways? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?
NCV 23
If only you had listened when I corrected you, I would have told you what's in my heart; I would have told you what I am thinking.
NIV 23
If you had responded to my rebuke, I would have poured out my heart to you and made my thoughts known to you.
NCV 24
I called, but you refused to listen; I held out my hand, but you paid no attention.
NIV 24
But since you rejected me when I called and no one gave heed when I stretched out my hand,
NCV 25
You did not follow my advice and did not listen when I corrected you.
NIV 25
since you ignored all my advice and would not accept my rebuke,
NCV 26
So I will laugh when you are in trouble. I will make fun when disaster strikes you,
NIV 26
I in turn will laugh at your disaster; I will mock when calamity overtakes you--
NCV 27
when disaster comes over you like a storm, when trouble strikes you like a whirlwind, when pain and trouble overwhelm you.
NIV 27
when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind, when distress and trouble overwhelm you.
NCV 28
"Then you will call to me, but I will not answer. You will look for me, but you will not find me.
NIV 28
"Then they will call to me but I will not answer; they will look for me but will not find me.
NCV 29
It is because you rejected knowledge and did not choose to respect the Lord.
NIV 29
Since they hated knowledge and did not choose to fear the LORD,
NCV 30
You did not accept my advice, and you rejected my correction.
NIV 30
since they would not accept my advice and spurned my rebuke,
NCV 31
So you will get what you deserve; you will get what you planned for others.
NIV 31
they will eat the fruit of their ways and be filled with the fruit of their schemes.
NCV 32
Fools will die because they refuse to listen; they will be destroyed because they do not care.
NIV 32
For the waywardness of the simple will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them;
NCV 33
But those who listen to me will live in safety and be at peace, without fear of injury."
NIV 33
but whoever listens to me will live in safety and be at ease, without fear of harm."

New International Version

Proverbs 1

NIV 1
The proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel:
NIV 2
for attaining wisdom and discipline; for understanding words of insight;
NIV 3
for acquiring a disciplined and prudent life, doing what is right and just and fair;
NIV 4
for giving prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the young--
NIV 5
let the wise listen and add to their learning, and let the discerning get guidance--
NIV 6
for understanding proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of the wise.
NIV 7
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
NIV 8
Listen, my son, to your father's instruction and do not forsake your mother's teaching.
NIV 9
They will be a garland to grace your head and a chain to adorn your neck.
NIV 10
My son, if sinners entice you, do not give in to them.
NIV 11
If they say, "Come along with us; let's lie in wait for someone's blood, let's waylay some harmless soul;
NIV 12
let's swallow them alive, like the grave, and whole, like those who go down to the pit;
NIV 13
we will get all sorts of valuable things and fill our houses with plunder;
NIV 14
throw in your lot with us, and we will share a common purse"--
NIV 15
my son, do not go along with them, do not set foot on their paths;
NIV 16
for their feet rush into sin, they are swift to shed blood.
NIV 17
How useless to spread a net in full view of all the birds!
NIV 18
These men lie in wait for their own blood; they waylay only themselves!
NIV 19
Such is the end of all who go after ill-gotten gain; it takes away the lives of those who get it.
NIV 20
Wisdom calls aloud in the street, she raises her voice in the public squares;
NIV 21
at the head of the noisy streets she cries out, in the gateways of the city she makes her speech:
NIV 22
"How long will you simple ones love your simple ways? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?
NIV 23
If you had responded to my rebuke, I would have poured out my heart to you and made my thoughts known to you.
NIV 24
But since you rejected me when I called and no one gave heed when I stretched out my hand,
NIV 25
since you ignored all my advice and would not accept my rebuke,
NIV 26
I in turn will laugh at your disaster; I will mock when calamity overtakes you--
NIV 27
when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind, when distress and trouble overwhelm you.
NIV 28
"Then they will call to me but I will not answer; they will look for me but will not find me.
NIV 29
Since they hated knowledge and did not choose to fear the LORD,
NIV 30
since they would not accept my advice and spurned my rebuke,
NIV 31
they will eat the fruit of their ways and be filled with the fruit of their schemes.
NIV 32
For the waywardness of the simple will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them;
NIV 33
but whoever listens to me will live in safety and be at ease, without fear of harm."